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Kashash Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

If mentioning today - use present perfect?

Which is correct.
"I have received a phone call today" "I received a phone call today"
  

Top answer

Both are correct! ) so that the first sentence is absolutely correct as you can recieve other calls today. ) But in general usage both sentences are common so that you may suppose them to be equal

— Skif

  • Both are correct!
  • ) so that the first sentence is absolutely correct as you can recieve other calls today.
  • ) But in general usage both sentences are common so that you may suppose them to be equal
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Both are correct!

The Present Perfect is reallty used with today/this morning/this evening/this week/this year as these periods of time aren't finished yet(and it isn't used with last year/yesterday/in XXXX year...) so that the first sentence is absolutely correct as you can recieve other calls today.

The second one is also correct but it usually empha
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Thank you for this prompt answer. I'm still trying to grasp the whole use of past tenses in english. When talking with someone or writing I still stumble upon an uncertainty whether present perfect or simple past should be used.

I know that usually principle is that simple past is for something specific and present perfect when has a connection to a present situation but sometimes when yo
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You can read about Present Perfect here.
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In a letter, the writer says:

-I hope I am right, and I shall cheer them loud and long, just as I today cheer my opponents who long ago said they would not lick stamps.

Could you tell me why not CHEERED?
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it's a great topic... I've been meaning to ask a similar question recently...
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